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Subject: Re: [boost] [thread] Is interrupting a non boost.thread possible?
From: Anthony Williams (anthony.ajw_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-09 05:10:54

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Christoph Mathys <eraserix_at_[hidden]> writes:

> I've a question about boost.threads: Is it possible to interrupt a
> thread for which I don't have a thread-object but which is using boost
> synchronization primitives (mutex, condition)?

No. You need a boost::thread object to call interrupt and set the
interruption flag.

Anthony

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